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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Bog Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea sphagnicola Wray, Means, and Steppan, 2017

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited from E. quadridigitata by Wray et al. (2017, Herpetological Monographs 31: 18–46).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Alabama Florida Mississippi

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1993 Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389
2012 Lamb, Trip and David A. Beamer. Digits lost or gained? Evidence for pedal evolution in the Dwarf Salamander Complex (Eurycea, Plethodontidae). PLoS One 7(5):1-9
2017 Wray, K. P., D. B. Means, and S. J. Steppan. Revision of the Eurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook 1842) complex of Dwarf Salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Hemidactyliinae) with a description of two new species. Herpetological Monographs 31(1):18–46

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